[fpc-pascal] A new fpc desirable feature
Jim Lee
jlee54 at gmail.com
Tue Jul 17 18:57:26 CEST 2018
On 07/17/18 04:56, Giuliano Colla wrote:
> As everybody is suggesting new fpc features, I feel it right to add my
> own proposal, to make the language more useful and user friendly.
>
> I propose the support for the keyword "please".
>
> The syntax is quite simple: "please:", followed by the explanation in
> plain English (or whatever locale is selected) of what you want the
> compiler to do, makes the compiler generate the appropriate code.
>
> E.g. :
>
> please: fetch from the database xxx the relevant data and put them
> neatly in a string grid;
> please: if the user modifies the data in the string grid, update the
> database accordingly;
>
> I hope that this simple request will not be rejected, even if it is in
> line with most of the requests I read in this list and which face
> strong resistance from core developers :-).
>
> Giuliano
>
>
And don't forget:
The final line of the program must end with "Thank you."
-Jim
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